In this powerful episode of the Yes We Can podcast, host Kira Andersen sits down with Charlie Metzinger, the St. Louis Fire Department Captain, 20-year veteran firefighter, and founder of The Hero Network.

Charlie's story is one of resilience, service, and giving back. Raised in St. Louis by a firefighter father, Charlie faced unimaginable challenges when his parents struggled with substance abuse during his teenage years. Living on his own since age 16, he pushed through adversity to earn his degree from Webster University and follow in his family's footsteps of public service.

Now a Captain at the busiest fire station in Missouri, Charlie has dedicated his life to serving the St. Louis community. Through The Hero Network, he's helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for local causes and given first responders new opportunities to provide for their families.

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In this powerful episode of the Yes We Can podcast, host Kira Andersen sits down with Charlie Metzinger, the St. Louis Fire Department Captain, 20-year veteran firefighter, and founder of The Hero Network.

Charlie's story is one of resilience, service, and giving back. Raised in St. Louis by a firefighter father, Charlie faced unimaginable challenges when his parents struggled with substance abuse during his teenage years. Living on his own since age 16, he pushed through adversity to earn his degree from Webster University and follow in his family's footsteps of public service.

Now a Captain at the busiest fire station in Missouri, Charlie has dedicated his life to serving the St. Louis community. Through The Hero Network, he's helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for local causes and given first responders new opportunities to provide for their families.

Find the Hero Network online:

www.stlheronetwork.com

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In this powerful episode of the Yes We Can podcast, host Kira Anderson sits down with Charlie Metzinger, the St. Louis Fire Department Captain, 20-year veteran firefighter, and founder of The Hero Network.

Charlie's story is one of resilience, service, and giving back. Raised in St. Louis by a firefighter father, Charlie faced unimaginable challenges when his parents struggled with substance abuse during his teenage years. Living on his own since age 16, he pushed through adversity to earn his degree from Webster University and follow in his family's footsteps of public service.

Now a Captain at the busiest fire station in Missouri, Charlie has dedicated his life to serving the St. Louis community. Through The Hero Network, he's helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for local causes and given first responders new opportunities to provide for their families.

Find the Hero Network online:

www.stlheronetwork.com

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Meet Rich Hernandez, aka “The Pushup Guy” – an MIT and Yale graduate on a mission to level up humanity, one pushup at a time. 🔥 In this powerful conversation, Rich shares his incredible journey from immigrant family roots to prestigious universities, from corporate success to finding his true calling. Currently on a pushup tour across America while chasing a world record, Rich's real mission is showing people they're capable of far more than they realize. CONNECT WITH RICH “THE PUSHUP GUY” HERNANDEZ: 🔗 [https://www.instagram.com/dohardthings365/] 🎉 Thank You to Our Sponsor! A BIG thank you to Spas & More! for sponsoring this video. If you’re in the St. Louis area and thinking about adding relaxation, wellness, or fun to your home, be sure to check them out — they’re the place for hot tubs, swim spas, saunas, accessories, and expert service. They’ve been serving the community for over 20 years and truly put the “aaaahh” in spa! 👉 Visit spasandmorestl.com to learn more! Connect with Kira's Partners: 👉 https://biofitstl.com/ 👉 https://www.orangetheory.com/en-us 👉 https://themethodstl.com/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=24058445993&gbraid=0AAAABEVWmLXObUWASUrTbHysg8bND4qUE&gclid=CjwKCAjw7KvTBhA6EiwAWnutYfJ2IVYpjEhUpFXdWHXqM7-nWSFx1d87tT8GE-GC1GSaFJlSGIPxzhoCO_QQAvD_BwE 🎥 New Live Episode every Tuesday at 10 AM CST Connect with Kira: 📱https://www.instagram.com/theessentialsbykira/ ⓕhttps://www.facebook.com/kira.r.andersen https://www.youtube.com/@theessentialsbykira Follow Trueline Media Group 📱https://www.instagram.com/truelinemediagroup/ ⓕ https://www.facebook.com/truelinemediagroup https://www.youtube.com/@TruelineMediaGroup 🌐https://www.truelinemediagroup.com/ Support Kira and Dr. Lim Here: https://siteman.donordrive.com/campaigns/Kyle-and-Kira-Andersen?utm_id=97760_v0_s00_e0_tv3 Support Pedal the Cause https://www.givesignup.org/kiraandersen

Meet Rich Hernandez, aka “The Pushup Guy” – an MIT and Yale graduate on a mission to level up humanity, one pushup at a time. 🔥

In this powerful conversation, Rich shares his incredible journey from immigrant family roots to prestigious universities, from corporate success to finding his true calling. Currently on a pushup tour across America while chasing a world record, Rich's real mission is showing people they're capable of far more than they realize.

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Kelly Richart’s life changed forever when her husband and best friend, Adam, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that had already spread to his liver. Just 56 days later, Adam passed away, leaving Kelly and their daughter Reagan to navigate an unimaginable loss.

In this episode of the Yes, We Can! Podcast, Kelly shares the story of Adam’s sudden diagnosis, their family’s final weeks together, and the role faith played throughout it all. She opens up about supporting her daughter through grief, celebrating Adam’s life, and finding ways to keep moving forward after losing the person who had been her best friend long before he became her husband.

It’s an emotional conversation about pancreatic cancer, widowhood, motherhood, grief, faith, love, and finding strength when life changes without warning.

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In this powerful episode of the Yes We Can Podcast, Kira sits down with Beth Geolat, founder of Centered Soul Collective, to talk about what it looks like to rebuild your life when everything you imagined for your future changes.

Beth shares her journey of leaving a marriage impacted by alcoholism, becoming a solo parent to two young boys, and losing her mother to brain cancer—all within an incredibly difficult season of her life. For the next 15 years, she kept moving forward, raising her sons, working, providing, and doing whatever needed to be done.

Kira and Beth also talk about the realities of solo parenting, raising boys without a consistently present father, the importance of mentors and community, setting boundaries with people you cannot change, finding gratitude after loss, being present instead of perfect, and recognizing the “God winks” along the way.

Beth’s story is a reminder that going through darkness doesn’t mean you have to stay there. Sometimes the hardest chapters of our lives become the very experiences that allow us to help someone else find their way through.

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On this episode of the Yes We Can Podcast, Kira Andersen sits down with Ben Brubacher, entrepreneur, father of 10, widower, and a man whose story is rooted in redemption, faith, loss, and surrender.

Ben opens up about his early struggles with addiction, eventually selling ecstasy and living in the nightclub scene—until one life-changing moment led him to cry out to God and completely changed the direction of his life.

He shares how he met his wife, Erin, their journey of raising 10 children together, and the devastating cancer diagnosis that ultimately led to Erin’s passing at just 47 years old after 27 years of marriage.

But this conversation is about more than loss.

Ben shares how his faith shaped the way he walked alongside Erin through cancer, how he and his children have navigated grief, and why surrendering control to God has given him a radically different perspective on suffering, purpose, and what it means to truly live.

If you’re walking through grief, addiction, loss, cancer, a crisis of faith, or a season where life simply doesn’t make sense, this conversation is for you.

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